Make a low-sugar meals

Swap breakfast cereal for oats and try adding fruits such as bananas or berries as a sweetener.

Eat small and often

This means three meals and two snacks, so try having something on hand mid-morning, mid-afternoon.
A handful of almonds or some vegetables should do the trick.

Increase your intake of Vitamin C

Some studies have shown that a very high intake of Vitamin C, helps reduce blood sugar levels and lowers the damaging effects of sugar.

Stay away from caffeine

You might have decided coffee was to be your crutch while you kicked sweets, but caffeine also disrupts blood-sugar balance. Instead drink green tea it has antioxidants that will help repair any damage done by yo-yoing blood sugar levels.

Use sugar replacements

Work out the times of day you eat something sweet and replace it with something less sugary. For example: a punnet of strawberries has the same effect on your blood-sugar levels as 10 raisins, or one date. Xylose, the sugar in berries, is available in supermarkets as xylitol. You can add this to hot drinks or porridge and bake with it. Manuka honey is a great replacement for refined sugars as well.

Supplement help

Once you’ve balanced your blood sugar, you need to make sure insulin is working as it should. Cinnamon supplements will help with this. Tryptophan can help reduce sugar cravings (take 200mg a day) and tyrosine will help you deal with the low moods and flatness in the initial stages (take 500mg twice a day, but none too late in the day to avoid disrupting sleep).